7. JEHOVAH-JIREH – “The Lord will provide” – Abraham gave the Lord this name on Mount Moriah. God had directed Abraham to go there and offer up his son Isaac as a burnt offering to the Lord. At the last minute, God stopped Abraham from sacrificing his son and instead “provided” a ram as a substitute.
Genesis 22:14 – And Abraham called the place, The-Lord-Will-Provide, as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”
This was the same mount where God’s temple would later be built and the same mount where God would later “provide” His only begotten Son, Jesus, as a sacrifice for all men. The spotless lamb of God was the only possible provision of Jehovah-Jireh for the sins of the world. What man could not do God did. Jireh means “to see”. Because He is God, when He sees, He foresees. Because God knows the end from the beginning and is omniscient He knows what we need and provides for us without our having to ask.
8. JEHOVAH-RAPHA – “The Lord who heals” – The God who made us and knows us is our Great Physician. Only God can heal our spirit and soul and give us peace. Sin is a mortal wound that only God can heal.
Exodus 15:26 – If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you.
There is a direct correlation between sin and sickness, sickness of body, spirit and soul. Only Jehovah-Rapha can cure what ails us. Always seek first the healing power of the God before depending on modern medicine to heal you.
Jeremiah 17:14 – Heal me O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me and I shall be saved. for You are my praise.
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